I just saw joanne c at avalon. she is just back from maternity leave.
I had dd at mountainside in 2006. I was told that i could use the labor tub during my tour, but when i got there the nurses said they were too busy to attend and that i needed full-time attendance (and i was using an ob, not a midwife...bad decision). I tried to use the showers for pain relief but they were broken (only cold water) and they would not move me to another room. They did not have EFM, so I had to be my back for monitoring. The monitor kept breaking and/or couldn't get a full 20-minute read, so I was on my back way more than I anticipated during my labor. After 20 hours of labor, at 9 cm dilated, 0 station, and 80% effaced, my dd "got stuck". Anyone want to guess what happened next? The anethesiologist asked me, while I was strapped down for my c-section (with a little bit of a sneer) why I had tried to "do it" with no drugs, and if I would do it again.
I know people who have had good experiences at Mountainside, but I would not go there again even though they are 10 minutes from my house.
She knows her stuff.
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